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Friday, January 20, 2012

1883 Commencement Program of Dartmouth College at Hanover, New Hampshire

Order of Exercises at Commencement, Dartmouth College, June 28, 1883.

Check the Heirlooms Reunited Archive [search box at right] for other Dartmouth commencement programs and an Obituary Record of Alumni who died prior to 1882.

Order of ExercisesPrayerMusic1. Salutatory Oration, in Latin. By Edward Leeds Gulick of Hanover, New Hampshire2. Philosophical Oration. Realism in Literature. By Henry Boynton Johnson of Woodstock, Vermont3. English Oration. The Italy of To-Day. By *Frederick William Doring of Perry, Maine4. Dissertation. Moral Pauperism. By Samuel Allen Barrett of Rutland, Vermont5. English Oration. Dynamite in Politics. By Benjamin Phillips of Lynn, MassachusettsMusic6. Philosophical Oration. The Non-Religious Argument against Materialism. By John Pickard of Canterbury, New Hampshire7. Disputation. Is Monarchy to Endure in England? Arthur Aron Maxwell of Wells, Maine; Franklin Gates Webster of Lynn, Massachusetts8. Dissertation. International Comity. *Irving Benjamin Hayes of Madbury, New Hampshire9. Dissertation. The Poetry of Browning. By Charles Alvin Braley of Northfield, VermontMusic10. Philosophical Oration. The Indebtedness of Science to Missions. By Sidney Lewis Gulick of Hanover, New Hampshire11. Disputation. Was Jefferson's Statesmanship Higher than Hamilton's? *Thomas Merrill Edmands of Lowell, Massachusetts; *Arthur Ezekiel Jacobs of Manchester, New Hampshire12. Dissertation. The Personal Influence of the Teacher. By James Major Colson, Jr. of Petersburg, Virginia13. English Oration. The Organization of Charities. By *Arthur Philip Greeley of Concord, New Hampshire

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14. Dissertation. The Ethics of Art. By Edward Hopkins McLachlin of Peacham, Vermont15. English Oration. Wagner's Influence on Music. By Charles Alfred Bacon of East Hampton, MassachusettsMusic16. English Oration. Some Needed Legal and Judicial Reforms. By Walter Brown Patterson of Washington, D. C.17. Dissertation. The Individual and the State. By *Alfred Edwin Watson of Hartford, Vermont18. Disputation. Is Vivisection Justifiable? Walter Herbert Marble of Ashburnham, Massachusetts; Hiram Quintilian Ward of St. Johnsbury, Vermont19. English Oration. The Value of Expert Testimony. By *Levi Wild of Royalton, Vermont20. English Oration, with the Valedictory Addresses. The Transient and the Permanent in Modern Thought. By Owen Hamilton Gates of St. Johnsbury, VermontMusicDegrees Conferred

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Graduating Class

Charles Alfred Bacon of East Hampton, MassachusettsSamuel Allen Barrett of Rutland, VermontJohn Barstow of Haverhill, New HampshireJohn Herbert Bixby of Chelsea, VermontCharles Alvin Braley of Northfield, VermontJohn White Center of Litchfield, New HampshireBurt Chellis of Claremont, New HampshireRush Chellis of Claremont, New HampshireJames Major Colson, Jr. of Petersburg VirginiaWilliam Rawson Conant of Orford, New HampshireFrederick Leslie Coombs of Thetford, VermontJohn Thaddeus Cress of Dover, New HampshireWilliam Edward Cushman of Middleborough, MassachusettsCharles Sylvester Dana of Concord, New HampshireFrederick William Doring of Perry, MaineHolman Arthur Drew of Colebrook, New HampshireThomas Merrill Edmunds of Lowell, MassachusettsHenry Wilson Felker of Rochester, New HampshireIrving Fish of Brooklyn, New YorkJoseph Greeley Gardner of Great Falls, New HampshireOwen Hamilton Gates of St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Frank Alpheus Gay of Manchester, New HampshireJohn Warren Gordon of West Bolton, VermontArthur Philip Greeley of Concord, New HampshireCharles Sawyer Griswold of Haverhill, New HampshireEdward Leeds Gulick of Hanover, New HampshireSidney Lewis Gulick of Hanover, New HampshireIrving Benjamin Hayes of Madbury, New HampshireRoscoe Algernon Hutchinson of South Abington, MassachusettsArthur Ezekiel Jacobs of Manchester, New HampshireFrank Eugene Jewett of Rindge, New HampshireHenry Boynton Johnson of Woodstock, VermontHenry Albert Kimball of Dover, New HampshireHerbert Thomas Kincaid of Troy, OhioWalter Herbert Marble of Ashburnham, MassachusettsRobert Irwin Marston of New York, New YorkArthur Aaron Maxwell of Wells, MaineJohn McCrillis of Newport, New HampshireEdward Hopkins McLachlin of Peacham, VermontJoseph Frank Moore of Red Oak, OhioWilliam White Niles of New York, New YorkCharles Weston Oakes of South Berwick, MaineWalter Brown Patterson of Washington, D. C.Benjamin Phillips of Lynn, MassachusettsJohn Pickard of Canterbury, New HampshireWilliam Quinby of North Sandwich, New HampshireJohn Langdon Rand of Portsmouth, New HampshireSamuel Worcester Robertson of Muskogee, Indian TerritoryJohn Williams Rogers of Tilton, New HampshireJohn Henry Sellers of Lawrence, MassachusettsEdgar Hughes Sinkey of Middletown, OhioBenjamin Tenney of Hanover, New HampshireHiram Quintilian Ward of St. Johnsbury, VermontChampion James Waring of Post Mills, VermontAlfred Edwin Watson of Hartford, VermontFranklin Gates Webster of Lynn, MassachusettsNelson James Whitehill of Ryegate, VermontLevi Wild of Royalton, VermontEverett Chickering Willard of Harvard, MassachusettsGeorge Winch of Langdon, New HampshireCharles Frederick Worcester of Townsend, Massachusetts

Scientific Department

William Griggs Bean of Peoria, IllinoisDaniel Edward Bradley of East Jaffrey, New HampshireWilliam Fred Carter of New London, New HampshireJohn Thomas Freeman of Baltimore, MarylandWilliam Charles Hall of Upton, MassachusettsCharles Selvin Jackson of Danbury, New HampshireJohn Walter Pearson of Fisherville, New HampshireJames Leslie Woodfall of Lynn, Massachusetts